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WWF starts capacity building programmes for Monze farmers

WWF starts capacity building programmes for Monze farmers
By Pride Bwalya in Monze
Wed 25 Nov. 2009, 04:00 CAT

THE World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) through the Local Capacity for Livelihoods project in Monze has embarked on capacity building programmes to provide farmers with skills in financial management.

Local Capacity for Livelihoods project (LC4LL) focal point person Crispin Sinyama said during a two-day workshop in Monze yesterday that there were a number of capacity building activities that selected farmer groups would be made to go through in order to help them manage their livelihoods in times of current environmental challenges being faced such as droughts and floods.

He said the implementation of these capacity building activities which included fundraising, financial management and cost recovery, effective practices, procedures and appropriate incentives, networking and project programme development would be done through guidance from a consortium of environmental NGOs.

Sinyama said the overall objective of the LC4LL project was to contribute to an effective and empowered Zambian civil society able to support the rural poor to improve their livelihoods and have a voice in creating an enabling environment.

He said the project intended to address major environmental challenges such as conservation and management of biological and water resources, planning for management of land use, waste management and impacts of climate change.

Sinyama said the project was implemented by a coalition of four NGOs namely WWF, Farmer Organisation Support (FOSUP), Participatory and Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM)-Zambia chapter and Green Living Movement (GLM) with the support from Development Fund Norway while it is managed in Zambia by Self Help Africa-Zambia.

He told participants at the workshop that assistance under the project came up with the aim of promoting advocacy programs that would help uplift rural communities that directly depended on natural resources.

Sinyama said it would also effectively promote long-term sustainability and foster improved collaborations and partnerships contributing to sustainable management of biological diversity, natural resources and sustainable livelihoods.

Labels: CAPACITY BUILDING, CRISPIN SINYAMA, FARMERS, WORLD WILDLIFE FUND

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